The way to the north was quite unexpected by Song Zhi, it was easy, laughing and laughing, and arrived at Fengxue City, where General Zhao Ci was stationed.

General Zhao Ci and Shen Baiyan did not have any friendship, nor did they have any bad relations, but I heard that Shen Baiyan's trip was to discuss the exchange of markets with the impostor in the northern country, which was contrary to General Zhao Ci's consistent thoughts, so the attitude towards them and his party could only be described in four words: lukewarm.

Zhao Ci sent his staff to settle their group, but he only showed his face in a hurry after Shen Baiyan and Song Zhi settled down, and he wanted to leave after a few perfunctory words casually, but he heard a soft female voice sounding and stopped him.

"General Zhao." Zhao Ci couldn't help but turn around, and saw Song Zhi pull up the white veil of the cone hat and smile at him decently.

Although Zhao Ci was amazed by Song Zhi's appearance for a moment, he quickly adjusted his mentality, and said nonchalantly: "What's the matter with the princess?" ”

Song Zhi took a step forward, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Shen Baiyan sitting on the chair gracefully, with a smile on the corner of his mouth, as if he wanted to see how Song Zhi ended.

Song Zhi gave him an angry look in front of Zhao Ci, but Shen Baiyan's face still did not change, which made Zhao Ci a little overwhelmed.

Just when he was wondering about the way the prince and the princess got along, Song Zhi spoke: "I heard that the general's favorite wine is Yongzhu, but unfortunately the production of Yongjiu is scarce, and he can't drink it happily. A few days ago, I got some by chance, and this time I happened to bring it over by the way, which can be regarded as paying the general a hotel fee. ”

Zhao Ci is indeed a person who loves wine, among the many fine wines, the favorite is Yongjiu, he swallowed it uncontrollably, and still restrained: "The princess is too polite, but this is not necessary." You and the prince are nobles, and I have the duty to take good care of the two. ”

"Oh." Song Zhi sighed regretfully, pretending not to notice that Zhao Ci's Adam's apple rolled again, she paused, and then said: "Since the general doesn't want to enjoy it exclusively, I will take out the Yongjiu at dinner, and everyone will taste it together at the banquet." ”

Zhao Ci didn't seem to be moved, only coughed, and said, "Then please take care of the princess." "After speaking, he quickly raised his legs and left, although he said so, Zhao Ci felt a little itchy in his heart, "Well, it's not good not to show up at dinner, it's better to show up, and give them some face!"

As soon as Zhao Ci left, Shen Baiyan laughed sullenly, and Song Zhi saw that he was laughing at himself, and immediately became annoyed and went straight into the house.

This can be regarded as Shen Baiyan deserves it, and he doesn't have to go into the house to coax him. Song Zhi turned his back to him and said angrily: "I'm not selling favors for you!" You're still laughing at me! ”

Shen Baiyan apologized: "It's my fault. ”

Song Zhi turned his face and said, "What's wrong?" ”

"It's the joke Madame." Shen Baiyan's attitude of admitting her mistake was quite good, dispelling Song Zhi's eight points of anger, she beat Shen Baiyan on the chest, and it was considered to have scattered the last two points.

All the way to Syracuse City, you already need to wear winter clothes. finally arrived at the indoor with charcoal fire, Song Zhi naturally took off the heavy coat, wanting to relax his body.

"Why do you say General Zhao Ci doesn't believe that we can communicate with the northern country?" Song Zhi stepped barefoot on the fur-paved ground, turned around, and danced, she danced at will, and said: "When the carriage entered the city, I lifted the curtain and took a peek, and I saw that there were many people in this snow city whose physical characteristics were quite similar to Cuolu, and I think it was also a child born after intermarriage with the people of the northern country, so it can be seen that the people on this border originally had dealings. ”

Shen Baiyan was silent for a while, and said, "What you said is even more of a reason why Zhao Ci is reluctant to exchange markets. ”

Song Zhi's footsteps froze, almost tripping over herself, she was able to stand firm, looked at Shen Baiyan puzzled, and said, "What does this mean?" ”

"Most of those children came from not because of intermarriage, but because of rape." Shen Baiyan looked at Song Zhi seriously and said.

Song Zhi froze in place, shook his head a little unacceptably, and said, "Why, how can this be?" ”

"The people of the northern kingdom are very strange, as far as the heirs are concerned, there are always more men than women, so except for the royal family, the common people are not allowed to take concubines, there are many brothels and prostitutes, and most of the girls here are plundered and deceived from poor places. Therefore, there are not many women on this border, so before Zhao Ci sat on the border, the people of Fengxue City were harassed by the people of the northern country. ”

Shen Baiyan also frowned when he talked about this kind of past, "This matter is a great shame. The imperial court suppressed it with all its might, so the people in other places knew very little. ”

Song Zhi didn't speak, but recalled that those people of mixed race on the street, who were dressed like ordinary people, and their expressions were very relaxed and leisurely. Thinking of this, Song Zhi had a good impression of Zhao Ci.

Shen Baiyan saw Song Zhi's depressed expression, so he dragged her into his arms and comforted: "The most difficult time for Feng Xue City has passed, as long as the Su Dynasty is strong in the future, there will be someone who will always protect Feng Xue City, and the people here will not suffer like that again." ”

"You already know this reason, aren't you worried that it will be difficult for these two countries to succeed in the mutual market?" Song Zhi frowned.

"As long as there is one thing, Zhao Ci's mouth can be pried open, so that he is willing to promote the mutual market between the two countries." Shen Baiyan said confidently.

"What?" Song Zhi asked.

"Tengyun." Shen Baiyan suddenly talked about his own horses.

Song Zhi was stunned for a moment, remembered Tengyun's origin, blinked, and said, "You want horses from the northern country?" ”

"Yes. I don't want not only the horses of the northern country, but also the stallions of the northern country, so that the Su Dynasty can also produce horses that can be used to produce wanton spirits. Shen Baiyan said firmly, "If you can get a batch of good stallions, I'm afraid that Zhao Ci will also rush to promote the mutual market." His own golden cloud horse was domesticated from wild horses that had run from the north. ”

"And what about our chips?" Song Zhi didn't think that the impostor was a fool, and it was naturally possible to buy and sell horses, but this kind of horse ......

Shen Baiyan's lower lip tensed slightly, condensed into a small concave, suddenly relaxed, and spit out a word, "Grain." ”

"The northern country is frozen for thousands of miles, and there is no land to grow food. The staple food of the people was icefish. Even if they give grain, they can't grow and can only rely on us, but the horses are different. It is impossible for the impostor not to think of this layer. Song Zhi shook his head and wondered.

"It turns out that this is indeed the case, but I also think it is strange that the impostor can take the initiative to reveal his intention to exchange markets this time, so I sent Cuo Lu and Lan Yue to investigate, only to know that the Xi Luo tribe in the north found an underground hot spring, and everywhere the hot springs went, they were all fertile soil. They tried to plant a season of wheat, but they were able to survive, but the ears were small and the grain was flat, and the variety was not good. Shen Baiyan said.

"If they have a good seed and an abundance of grain and grass, will they not ......

Song Zhi said worriedly.

"Even if you plant all the boundaries of that hot spring, it won't be enough for an army to eat for five days." Shen Baiyan was obviously extremely thoughtful.

Song Zhi nodded, but soon thought of the question next to him, and was about to ask again, but saw Shen Baiyan rubbing his brows lightly, obviously a little tired.

Song Zhi swallowed the questions in his belly, stretched out a pair of slender jade hands to rub Shen Baiyan, and said gently: "Jing Yu, if you are tired, just sleep for a while." ”

Shen Baiyan wrapped his arms around Song Zhi's waist and said 'um' softly, but he fell to the bed with her in his arms, fell on the soft bed, and fell into a light sleep.

……

Before Song Zhi left, he made a lot of clothes for Song Tian, otherwise he would have changed his clothes in a room when he entered the palace, and it would not be enough to change them in such turns.

Although Song Tian also made a few clothes herself, and the Lin family also prepared several for her, Song Tian found that when she entered the palace, she would always pick the ones that Song Zhi made for her. But the clothes that can enter the palace are not easy to wear repeatedly, and the newly made clothes have not been delivered, so Song Tian can be regarded as having a difficulty.

"Tian'er, the hour is almost up, why haven't you even worn your clothes yet?" Lin walked in and said words urging Song Tian.

Song Tian barely covered his ears, and couldn't help but say, "There are few good-looking ones." ”

Lin stepped forward to rummage, pulled out a flower skirt with red plum clusters, and said, "Isn't this pretty good-looking?" ”

"Who wears red plums in summer! Make people laugh. Song Tian glanced at it and said angrily.

"What about this one?" When Song Tian heard this, he saw that the long skirt of the green caffron made for her by Song Zhi in the Lin family's hand, and said: "This one has already been worn, if we wear it again, won't our Song family's face be lost!" ”

"Yes, yes," Lin responded busily, and said to Yingchun: "Don't take it out if you have already worn it!" ”

Yingchun hurriedly packed up his clothes, there were too many clothes to hold, and a soft gauze shawl floated down.

Song Tian saw it and hurriedly said, "Give me this shawl." ”

This shawl was also made by Song Zhi for Song Tian, Song Tian was greedy for this material at that time, but he was annoyed because he was clumsy and had never found it, and then saw that Song Zhi also used this material to make a shawl for himself, and felt that his mind made Song Zhi see through, and he couldn't help but be a little embarrassed, so that the little man didn't want to wear this shawl, but now he sees it, but it is like a treasure.

"Tian'er, now that you're wearing a shawl, it's a little hot, isn't it?" Lin said.

"Just wear something lighter underneath, so be it." Song Tian took the upper body of this shawl and looked at himself in the mirror, but he was very satisfied.

Finally dressed up and sat in the sedan chair sent by the palace, Song Tian now has to enter the palace every three or two days, as if it is commonplace, but every time he enters the palace, there are always other noble girls with him, and others are just that, Zhao Huang's figure and appearance are one or two smaller than her, so Song Tian is like a fish in his throat, and he can only try to make up for it from the qin, chess, calligraphy and painting.

Entering the palace today, Zhao Huang was still there, Song Tian came a moment later than her, and when she arrived in the Queen Mother's palace, she saw Shen Ze and Zhao Huang playing chess.